Korea's GDP per capita continues to rise edging up one notch in the rankings to thirty-third in the world, as of last year.
The IMF says Korea's GDP per person stood at around 24,3-hundred U.S. dollars last year, up 17-hundred dollars on-year.
Luxembourg topped the list at over 110-thousand dollars followed by Norway, Qatar and Switzerland.
Korea's nominal GDP remained in the top 15 in the world for the fifth consecutive year -- at 1.2 trillion dollars last year.